My, my Kuiama, she came in the morning She smiled but the tears on her little face Showed the pain that had been in that far-off place So sad, treated so bad.
My, my Kuiama, dont break your heart tryin To say how your ma and your pa passed away And they left you to wander the ruin and decay Real mean, that bullet machine.
See here Kuiama, now ten thousand miles Is a long, long way and youre here today And you wont go back so you might say Hello, how do you do?
Kuia, stop your cryin, theres no bombs a-fallin No horsemen in the night a-ridin Through your dreams and tearing at your life Baby, goodnight.
No more silver rain will hit your ground And no more guns will sound No more life be drowned No more trenches where the soldiers lie And no more people die Beneath that big black sky.
Wake up, Kuiama, I got somethin to tell you Its just that I mean, well, that is to say, That Im trying to explain but Ill start again For you, I must be true.
Kuia, in this country, they got rules with no reason They teach you to kill and they send you away With your gun in your hand, you pick up your pay So cool, that no mercy tool.
Kuia, please believe me, I just couldnt help myself. I wanted to run but they gave me a gun And they told me the duty I owed to my fatherland. I made my stand.
Kuia, I just shot them, I just blew their heads open And I heard them scream in their agony Kuiama, she waits there for me True blue, you saw it through.
